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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 27. 1922 



varioujs seasons, will bo used in the 

 planting eflfocts, and all varieties of 

 New England ferns will be included. 

 In an adjoining hall will be a display 

 of n;it uralized flowers and ferns. A 

 lecord hroakinj; attendance is expected 

 at this show. 



Various Notes. 



Edward Winkler, of Wakefield, is 

 sending in a fine lot of Gypsophila ele- 

 gans. Mr. Winkler is the raiser of 

 Carnation Morning Glow, the most pro- 

 lific carnation in culture today, and 

 many other seedlings. lie is now busy 

 on a new carnation house, 40x200. 



At the House Beautiful exposition, 

 which opened in Mechanics ' hall April 

 17, a number in the trade are exhibi- 

 tors. The Blue Hill Nurseries has a fine 

 group of evergreens. The Breck-Rob- 

 insoii ('0. also makes a display. Peircc 

 Bros., of Waltham, have a stand for 

 the sale of roses and rose plants. The 

 R. & J. Farquhar Co. furnished deco- 

 rations for a wedding held April 21. 

 The Gardeners' and Florists' Club con- 

 tributed a fine group of flowering plants 

 April 124. A total attendance of at 

 least 100,000 is assured at this expo- 

 sition. Here would seem to be a good 

 place to work off some of the flower sur- 

 plus now existing in the wholesale 

 markets. 



Business at the various seed stores 

 is splendid this season, and all agree 

 that their volume of business has al- 

 ready equaled the entire volume of the 

 spring trade of 1921. It is a late sea- 

 sou, but demand continues good and, 

 apart from seeds, there is now a great 

 call for hardy roses, evergreens, de- 

 ciduous shrubs, herbaceous plants, seed 

 potatoes and gladioli. The last named 

 .ire selling better than ever, in spite of 

 .ill talk of overproduction. 



William R. Nicholson has a grand 

 lot of delphiniums, some thousands in 

 number, now coming into fine crop. He 

 is also headquarters for Gypsophila 

 elegans and forced gladioli. 



W. N. Craig addressed the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society April 10 

 on "Hardy Roses," in the pui)lic li- 

 brary, Providence. 



The American Sweet Pea Socie1\ has 

 issued an interesting bulletin contain- 

 ing the premium lists for the conven- 

 tion and exhibition to be held at Bos- 

 ton, .June 24 and 2."). There are some 

 excellent cultural articles in the bulle- 

 tin. William Gray, the secretary, will 

 Iceture on sweet peas and their outdoor 

 ( nitiire each day of the show. 



Ajtril has not proved to be a sjiecially 

 lialniy month. April 20 and 21 the tem- 

 ]ier;iture fell to 22 degrees and 24 de- 

 crees above Z(>ro .•itid much damage was 

 done to tree iieonies. magnolias and 

 Muiie otlier early flowering hardy ])lants. 

 April 2;! we had a number of snow 

 s<)nalls. 



Nurserymen arc extremely busy fill- 

 ing orders for new |)lantings .iml to 

 replace stock killi'd last winter. 



George W. Hamer. the genial assist- 

 ant niiinager of the Boston Flower Ex- 

 ili.iiige. is recovering from a severe at- 

 tack of poisoning on the hajids and arms 

 caused by the juicy exudation from 

 • lafV(j(lils. Poisoning from daffoilils is 

 not at all iineoinmon and jiroves just 

 as ]iainfnl as that from I'rininla oli- 

 .onioa. W. N. C. 



Goodland, Ind.- -Mrs. Charles Huns- 

 ton, the wife of a druggist, buys flowers 



and sells them to the retail trade. 



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